Yale University Press Podcast
Yale University Press
The Yale University Press Podcast is a series of in-depth conversations with experts and authors on a range of topics including politics, history, science, art, and more for those who are intellectually curious. Jessica Holahan hosts discussions on all things art and architecture and there are occasional appearances by Yale University Press Director John Donatich.
Episodes
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Aug 29, 2023 • 41min
The World’s First Media Celebrity
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Sarah Ruden, author of Vergil: The Poet’s Life (Ancient Lives Series).
Aug 8, 2023 • 40min
Dorothy Liebes, the “Mother of Modern Weaving”
In Conversation with Susan Brown and Alexa Griffith Winton.
Jul 21, 2023 • 42min
What Do The Beatles and Measurement Have in Common?
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with renowned physicist Piero Martin about his new book, The Seven Measures of the World.”
Jun 27, 2023 • 43min
California’s History of Slavery and Slave Revolts
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with Jean Pfaelzer, author of California, a Slave State. California, a Slave State is a survey of the untold history of slavery and resistance in California, from the Spanish missions, indentured Native American ranch hands, Indian boarding schools, Black miners, kidnapped Chinese prostitutes, and … Read More Read More
Jun 20, 2023 • 50min
Witold Rybczynski and Hugh Pearman on Architecture
The two distinguished historians and critics of architecture compare the approaches they take in their new books.
Jun 3, 2023 • 40min
Understanding Art Through the History of Pigments
A Conversation with Kelly Grovier about his new book, The Art of Colour.
May 30, 2023 • 46min
The Traumatic Tales of E. T. A. Hoffmann
A Conversation with artist Natalie Frank and translator Jack Zipes
May 30, 2023 • 52min
The Unknown Story of American Slavers
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk with Sean M. Kelley about his new book, American Slavers: Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865.
May 23, 2023 • 41min
The Art of Reading Landscapes with Noah Charney
In this episode of the Yale University Press Podcast, we talk with conservation biologist Noah Charney about his new book, These Trees Tell a Story: The Art of Reading Landscapes.
May 8, 2023 • 52min
Historian of Abolition R. J. M. Blackett on Samuel Ringgold Ward
This episode of our podcast features a conversation with historian R.J.M. Blackett about the 19th century newspaper editor, Congregational minister, and temperance advocate Samuel Ringgold Ward. Despite Ward’s prominent role in the abolitionist movement, his story has been lost because of the decades he spent in exile. In Samuel Ringgold Ward: A Life of Struggle, … Read More Read More
